THE CLAN MACQUEEN
Significance of Membership in the Clan--Descendants of Bruce

The Robesonian (Lumberton, North Carolina, Monday, June 9, 1913
Contact: Myrtle Bridges

In Thursday's Robesonian was given an account of the organization in Maxton Wednesday of the Clan MacQueen Association. As stated in that 
report, the organization meeting last week grew out of a preliminary meeting held last December at the home of Major A.J. McKinnon in Maxton. 
At the December meeting the following officers were elected for the temporary organization:
	Chief--Mr. H.C. MacQueen, Wilmington, NC
	Honary Chief--Dr. A.A. McQueen, Milford, Texas
	Honary Chief--Mr. Edmund McQueen, Dunbar, SC
	Chieftain--Mr. James W. McQueen, Birmingham, AL
	Chieftain--Rev. Stewart MacQueen, Montgomery, AL
	Chieftain--Mr. Edmund L. Moore, Dillon, SC
	Chieftain--Hon. A.W. McLean, Lumberton, NC
	Chieftain--Hon. A.J. MacKinnon, Maxton, NC
	Chieftain--Mr. Robert M. MacQueen, Raeford, NC
	Chieftain--Rev. William Black, Charlotte, NC
	Historian--Mrs. Bella McElyea, Maxton, NC
	Secretary--Mr. J. Plummer Wiggins, Maxton, NC
	Honorary Secretary--Mrs. Chattie McEachin Beall, Washington, DC
	Honorary Secretary--Mrs. Almena MacQueen George, Albany, TX
	Enrolling Secretary--Miss Sallie Lou MacKinnon, Maxton, NC
	Treasurer--Mr. Roy MacQueen Martin, Maxton, NC
	Keeper of Records and Seal--Miss Katie MacLean, Laurinburg, NC
	Keeper of Records and Seal--Miss Agnes MacLean, Lumberton, NC
	Chaplain--Rev. A.R. MacQueen, Dunn, NC
	
		The success of the gathering last week was even greater than thos who were responsible for it had hopped. More than 300
	members of the clan and visitors attended and much enthusiasm was manifested.
		A full account has been given of the meeting held Wednesday and the organization and election of officers. many of the
	Clan members and visitors arrived Tuesday and the party visited old Queensdale and Stewartsville, (Laurinburg) near Maxton.
		Rev. Wm. Black of Charlotte made the historical address, dealing with characteristics of forbears. Among the speakers
	was Mr. A.W. McLean of Lumberton. He spoke at the grave of Rev. Colin Lindsay and took occasion to recount the first 
	prohibition fight ever made in North Carolina. Mr. W.H. Harriss, editor of the Charlotte Observer, was one of the visitors 
	on this trip and the following is taken from his report in The Observer: "Rev. Colin Lindsay, who died in 1817, was a Scotch 
	preacher who believed in "toddy." He countenanced the old custom of liquor for mourners at funerals. Rev. John MacInTyre, 
	great grandfather of Colonel mcLean, fought the custom. After a long and bitter fight, Lindsay seceded and set up a church of 
	his own, carrying most of the crowd with him. The fight was carried to Presbytery and one of the bitterest controversies in 
	the history of the Church resulted.
		"Colonel McLean further related that Colin Lindsay's other, supposed to have died, was burtied in a trance. Robbers, after
	jewelry on her body, dug it up. She revived and finally recovered, and later gave birth to Colin. This is said to be authenticated 
	history."
		The significance of membership in the clan is evident from the genealogical story.
		All the members of the Clan MacQueen Association as shown by the genealogical table on the back of each membership certificate, 
	descend from King Robert Bruce through his daughter Margery. Robert Bruce, as is well known, left no male heir; hence Walter the 
	High Steward, who married Margerie Bruce, became the father of all the Stewart or Stuart Kings of Scotland and England. The members 
	of the Clan MacQueen Association are in the Stewart line through Walter and through King Robert II and sister of Robert III (whom we 
	have in Scott's Fair Maid of Perth) married John, Lord of the Isles. The Lords of the Isles were her sons and grandson, respectively. 
	Thence, beginning with Austin Moore there is a continuous descent of 11 generations in the male line, through two were knighted to 
	another, Austin Moore whose daughter Flora became mother of Col. James MacQueen, who founded Queensdale, North Carolina, in 1765. James 
	MacQueen is the last ancestor in common of all the clansmen, who must descend from him.

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